St. Viator College Newspaper, 1927-02-02

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THE VIATORIAN P UBLISHED BI-WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF ST. VIATOR COLLEGE, BOURBONNAIS, ILL.

VOL.44

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1927.

No.7.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TO MEET FEB. 22

DANCE F ATHER MATTHIAS IV IATOR STOCK ENTIRE ALUMNI JUNIOR ST. EDWARD'S ICONDUCTS ANNUAL TO BENEFIT DEBATERS BODY INVITED ERECTS THREE STUDENT RETREAT RISES HIGH IN DETROIT'S FALL NEW BUILDINGS TO ATTEND P assionist Father Endears Himself to Student Body.

Class of '28 Holds Invita tion Affair February 21.

The social season for th e seco nd sem -

As has b ee n tne custo m a s St. Viator

este r will open on the evening of F ebBas ketball ruary twenty-first with an invita ti on

New Str uctures Types of Archi- Co ll ege for many year s past. semester tectural Be auty. examina tions, the recap itulation of the

Banque t at 1 :30; Game in Afternoon.

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ca.sion of the h o mecomin g la~t Nov") n'lber, decided that the Annu'11 m eetl l!g of the e ntire A lumni A~s~~o..: .,.ti o n would take place a t the CollP.,.>3 on Tu es(] n y 2

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AJUin ni Banquet at On e-Thir ty. The m eet ing will be called to order at the Alumni banquet which will Qe served at 1:30 in the new dining; hsll. This will not be a form a l o.ffatr; no speakers have been a rra.n ge<l for the occasion , and there w ill b.:: Hl} disc ussion of financial problems c1t thls time. T be only business to be conducted will pertain to the election of offic ~ r'3 of the Association . P lans wil1 also be s uggested for increasing the membe1·ship. Aside from this the entire dtt.-y wlll be giver. over to the abandon uf a genuine old student get-together. Opportunity t o See N~w B uildin gs. For those who did not find it pc-ssible to be present at the H omecorrling on November 5th, this will h e an opportunity f or th.em to see t1 ~<' new gym· nasium with its 75x30 <swlnunin15 pool, bowling and billiard halls, boxing ring , handball co u rt, rifle range, running trac k and basketball fl oors , as well as t h e new dining hall with its ultra modern system of dietetics. Jtor those who were present at H omecoming it w ill be an opportun ity to inspect the buildings in their completeness. Many finishing touches have been a dded s inc8 that eventfu l day of Nov. 5th. Bas k e tba-ll Game. with .Millikin Univer-

sity. In the a f ternoon the basketball t eam, which gives evidence of being one of Viato r 's greatest quinte ts on the hard· 1vood court. 1v il1 be pitted against the Milli!{in University tossers of Deca tur. Incidentally t h is ou g ht to be a game wort h seeing as t he downstate outfi t has the distinction of being one of the two teams t hat have s u cceeded in defeatin g t he Gr een this season. A side from the aforemention ed pro gram, the College Club is planning on a reception in t he m ain hall of t h e gymnasium on Monday evening, F ebruary 21st, a t 8:3 0, for those old stu dent s and their wives or lady fr iends who arrive t h e evening b efore the annual m eeUng. Banq u et reservations can be made by mailing a check for one dollar and fi f ty cents for each plate t o the Residen t Secr etary of t h e Alumni Association St. Viator College, Bourbonnais Illi ~ nois. ' " Come · back t o Viator, Ye old grads , and be College boys once m ore."

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intellectual ac hievemen ts eeac h ed by th e

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last year's debating t eam, t he m e mbers of the Jnior Class see in thi s year's promising ·schedule a n opportunity to he ig hten the sc holastic stanclacd and broaden the drawing field of the Col lege by sendi n g forth two r e presenta· tive debating t eams. A t wo week tour of the East has bee n arranged by Fat h e r Maguire, which cal ls for an overwhelming amount of work from one team, \Vith the proceeds of the Juni or da nce it is hi g h ly p robable that two separate teams can be sent out. A l· though it is evident that the worthy motive behind the dance will prompt many to attend, the Junior Class is making every effort to have this a ffair surpass the standard already attain ed by the class in theil' Freshman and Sophomore years. The Senior d a nce held on T h u rsday, January 13th, which promised to be one of the best programs of t h e year, was a decided disappointment to the graduates bec.:l.use of the inclement weather. The heavy snows prevented the arriva l of the orchestra schedu led for the even· in g and made the transp or tation problem, ahvays a conside r able ite m in affairs at the Coll ege, exceedingl y diffi. cul t . It is probable that the same or· chestra will be booked for fhe J unior dan ce, and with better weather a more pleasa n t even!ng is p r omised . T he Colege Cl ub, through t he solicitation of the Ju n ior::~, has g iven a vote of suppor t to this dancing party a nd \Yith the co-operation of the entire student body the benefi t program should succeed ad mira bly. The Annual meetin g of the Alumni Association will b e held a t the College on t he followin g clay, \ Vashingto n 's birthday, a n d this should furnish an in · centive for all former students to pay th e College a visit and enjoy a pleasant evening.

Dante Club Stages Public Examination Next T hursday the me.mbet·s of t he Dante Clu b will give a public oral r ecitation of the work which t h ey have covered during the fir st semester. This ex h ibition w ill inclu de vocabula ry , grammar, reading and conversation. F ather Valetto, the learn ed polyglot and pasto r of St. Anthony's ch u rch. J oliet, and t h e Reverend Mr. Mar zano , c . s . v ., wm preside as exam i ners. T h e faculty and student body are cordially invited to atten d .

R ev . ,), J . V01·bett, c. s . v. The growth of th e City of Chi ca~o has been phenominal and the growt h of the Catholi c Church has kept an e ven stride with t h e city's developm e nt. It is not s o long ago that the g r eat n or thwest s ide was little more than an exte nsive prairie with an occasional house here a nd there and lo ng dista nce-S to the neares t Catholic Churc h. St. Edward's was situated on the outer rim of this district and wh il e it was a lways a fair sized p aris h , yet a littl e wooden structure seemed adequate for vea rs t o care for its worshipp e rs. . Within the last few years, however, the section has filled up so r apidl y thHt its zealous a nd devoted pastor. R ev . J. J . Corbett, c. s. v., felt the n eed of a complete set of n ew buildin gs to cat·e for the eve r n um bet· of. Catholics. St. Ed\l;'ard' s now one ·'J f t he first class parishes of the diocese. T h e Convent The conve nt was occupied for th e first t ime on Christmas E ve. Thi s ho u se Js for t he use of the twelve nuns ot tho Orde r of St. Dominic who are in charge of S t. Edward 's School. It is erected along the lin es of t he graceful Italian architecture. It is constructed of brick with Flemish bond. Exteriot· decorations of chocolat e mortar aml p2.-nels of pressed brick give. the structm·e a n entirely distinctive tone. It (Continued on Page 4)

SELF-HELP DEPT. JUSTIFIES ITSELF

studerl.ts durin g th e preceedlng half year , were followed b y an analogous recapitulation, an exam inati on of th e s pirtua l and mora l status of t h el r belng -a ret r eat. Co m ing so qu ickl y a.<J it do es upon the crushing and grating rollers of th e modern day jagge rnaut. e xaminations, o ur annual retreats seem lik e a soot hin g bree ze whi ch a ll ays our physical fatig~es an d cal m s our hectic a nd fearfu l souls. The e xamlnatiOHS and the toll extracted b y th em will soon be fo r gotten but the impressions lef t upon our sou ls by t he retreat will long l'emain wlth us. From th e o penin g of the retr eat on F riday night, J a nuary 28t h, until the closing of the sam e on Monday morning, January 31s t , a s piri t of r eflection and introspection permeated the ver;.• atmosphere of the campus. Absolute s ll e n ce was of course an impossibility, but relatively the corri dors an d room s were f ill ed with a strange qui et, and the e n closing walls were undoubtedly perplexed by th e s udde n radical chan ge. VVith the en thusiasm t ha t makes the m yelt and root fo r their Varsity in athletic ede avors , the students threw themselves wi t h eq ual abandOn into the spirit of retreat. Th e onerous task of maintaining aml furth er inoculating such a spirit was placed upon the athletic shou lders of Father Mathias of the P assio nist Monastery of N orwo od , lUi no is. F a ther Matthias came to us as a stranger but he left us as a fri e nd whom w e a dmi re and love. Wi th his easy and natural manner of s pea king, w ith his typical campus language a nd, in brie f, with his very huma nness, our retreat m aster captivated u~ ft' Ol n his opening diB· cuss ion and made us attend conferences with eagerness and expectation. Father Matthias wisel y descended into our class instead of for cing us in to his and co n sequently made himself popula r \Yith everyone. "The rnan 1-vho is populat'" says Father Matthias, "is not th e man who is liked by all but t he man who likes al l. " Since he has ga ined such popularity we cannot bu t con clude that Father Matthias likes each and e very one of us, His conferences on frequent Communion and Chari ty were very oppeaJ . ing and many of us w e r e thrilled at the heroism and man li ness of· hi s de· ci dely modern exa mp les. He seemed to have a prolific source of exper ie nce from whi ch to draw his examples. They were all the more interesting an d ap· pealing because they are examples of our present age and day rather thc.n examples c ulled f rom the dead past. We t hank Fat her Matt hias, our retreat master, for t he time a nd effort thgt he so willingly rendered for the success of the retrea t and we trust that he has enjoyed his work on our behalf as well as his stay amongst us.

Green Holds Detroit University Scoreless for 12 Minutes.

The Green basketball team represented p e rfection in the tlrst ten minutes of their tussle with Detroit last night when they set the w h eels of their scoring mar chine into ope ration and ran t he bew il dered Northern outfit sco releBs, while th ey in turn ran up twel ve points. It was a littl e better tha n a point a minute , and if McAlli ster had deigned to k eep his first squad in longer the point a minute would have been measu rably increased. Bowe started off with a field goal and foul throw. Benda san k two free tosses. Then Dalrymple crash ed t hrou gh twO sensational sh ots fr om the side , making suc h a sweepi ng attack that the J esuit tossers took t he defen~ sive. Delaney Flashes. Delaney slipped in no Jess than three out of fo ur fo ul tries and tossed in six field gu:tls , b €'sides play,nr on e of the best games of his career in a il other de pa rtme nt s of t he game. Benda didn 't hit the rim on hi s three or four tri es from th e field, but he had a perfect score from th e foul throw, sinking five o ut of five. The substitutes, Campbell. Evard, Dunn, Bielll a nd Costigan, wen t well, as did L aenhardt, w h o di splayed some real ne rve ln continuing after his weak pedal was cra cked in the s ecOI; d half. Viator never looked better, and t h eir sensational form operated much to destro y the splendid r epuation w ith which Detroit comes to town. For the first ten minutes Detroit had 1tttle if any sustained possess ion of the ball ; in :fact, c lose count showed that the visitors were able to arch the ball toward their bas ket c nly three times ln that le ngth of time. The expected defense failed to materialize; everything Detroit tried went down w ith a crash before the sizzlin g and s ensational work of the Viatorians . On the tipoff, it was either Row e or Dalrymple w ho leape d into t he air to ba t it back to H e rbe r t, l\1ike or Campbell, and with the reliaL.t0 Benda sailin g down court , cross. court, or faking , th e speedy Bowe always drew two men over t o stop his rush, ·wi th a re~ suiting flash of passes and a conse· quent score. With the score 22 to "7, McAllister rus h ed in his colts, and there was little change in the mounting sco1·e.

DETR OIT Shanahan Bucer Kirchel Phelan Dowd J uglowitz Maloney Total

fg. f t . tp. 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 .. 9 4 22

ST. VIATOR fg . ft. tp. Dalrympl e 3 2 8 Bowe 2 4 Evard 3 Dunne 0 O'Malley 4 Leanhardt 0 Costigan 0 Bielli 0 B enda 5 5 Delaney 3 1 5~ Herbert 0 0· Campbe ll 0 0• Tota l 39 13 3~

T h e figures give n ln the article on

T h e Friday previous to the examinations marked the ending of the fin a l contest in the debating preliminaries , w hf.ch wer e held to determine those who will represen t St. VIator in the forensic fiel d d uring this y ear. The question debated was , "Resolved that the United States government s hould adopt a uniform marriage a nd divorce

ing the cou r se of the next th r ee weeks, and the six men chosen from t h e preUminaries will be pitted against eac h other in teams of t h ree. F ollowing this debate three will be selected to make up t he personn el of the t eam in ~he event that it will b e i~possible to take all six men on the t r1p . Practic aUy New Team ~~';j~g !~7cel~a~im~eb:IIe~hew=~~de~~~g~~ From the men chosen Fathers Ma the public speaking class were g r ouped ' guire and L yn?h .will be face d with the into teams of threes, some taking th-3 problem of bmldmg up an almost en negative and some the affirmative of ~!~~~ilen~~a~~~m~f ~~~a~t.L~~~~~;· :~~ the question. Following the final de- Wyoming U niversit y debates of las t bate Father Maguire and Lynch, th e year has transferred to Northwestet·n judges , went into co nfere nce and s e - University to take u p his stUdy of law, lected t he six men whom the y consider- an d John Toohill, who had been ed to have shown to the best a dvantage counted upon for this year, because of !.~~n~u~~~~dse~~:s ~~t d~~:~:8 · l\1;.,~~~: his dUties as Editor of the V iatorian is J ames

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the Self-Help Department, which ap"'~ peared in the last issue of the Viator ian , were rather startling to m a ny read -~ e r·s. Many old s tudent s were surprised to learn t hat the College was aiding so many s t udents in su ch a substantial ! Among the new courses that have • was inaugurated a t St. Viator in 1923, 1 manner. The information !cOntained been added to the curnculum for the this department has, unde r the able su~ in the article was really news to them. second semester is one in specia l meth - pervision of Father Fre nch , made re~ H owever there is no t one cent of exaggerati~n in t he computations, as they ods offered by the department of edu- markable progress. At first only one •vere t a ken f rom actual credits to the cation. Under the management of Fa- class was offered, namely, philosophy o:f stu dents' accounts in the Treasurer's the r R ichard French c.s.v, it h a s been education fo r the firs t semestm· and edoffJce. These figures when tota led show arranged to h a Ve different ins t ructors ucational psychology during the se<:ond that during the last s ix and one-half conduct classes in which the t eaching semester. By degrees courses in geny ears, 643 students at St. V iator College h elped the m selves by earning $132,- of English , mathematics, sciences, his- e ral methods and the history of educa338.72, or a yearly avera.ge of $205.82 tory and modern languages will be g iv- tion w ere introduced until at pre sent a for each s tudents. This meant about 0n special attention. T he course in student aspiring for the Bachelor of ;ou~ hours of worl{ a day for ea c h stu- mathematics will include instruction in Arts degree can make his major in ed~ r en ' the methods of tea ching algebra, ge- ucation. The n ew course in special There is no extravagance in using so much student h elp in t h e maintena:nce ometry and trigonometry. Manner ot methods will enable students to equip of the College. The institution of the presenting the m a t t er on the blackboard themselves wit h the knowledge necesSelf-Help Department has done a way a nd practical application will be given sary to present the matter to their pu-

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFERS . NEW COURSES IN SPECIAL METHODS

PUBLIC DEBATE TO BE STAGED IN FEBRUARY; SIX MEN SELECTED

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special stress. In the sciences technique pils in a n effective ma:nner. Man y Stud~nt~ Enr olled in .Courses. chemistry an d phys ics w ill be presented The enrollment in the depa rtment of at different stages of the course. Bot h education was at firs t rather small, b ut the dire ct a nd indirect methods of for the pa st two years there has bee n

~~~n~~:~~: ~elli~i::rren McCl ellan d other member of the team, w as lost the students and were not expended in In laboratory work in biology, geology,

through graduation. J ames Connor, w hile never participating in any of the debates of las t year, has gained experience through his associations with the work as an alternate and should be· com e a val uable man. James Nolan, w inn er of the oratory m edal of last vear, while on ly a sophomore, has disPtayed marked talent in argumentation

the College , w h ereas the students ' earnings r ever t back to the Coll ege in the waTyh ofS blofaHrdl, tuitidon , tand lodging. e e · e p stu en s are a wonder· fu l asset to any institution, s ince the youn g man who is w illing to work for an education is more apt to g et an education than one whose way is _paid by one's pare nts. Besides theee ~ Js

ren McClelland, participants in the orawo uld entail upo n one team would be torical contest of last year, are also beconsiderable. ing counted upon to provide worthy rnaP ublic Debate to be Held tetial w ith which to hold up the glortIt has been decided to stage a public ous r ecord made by previous St. Viator debate on the prohlbition question dur- debating teams.

The editor would be glad to hear f rom any old s tudents who have been interested in this artlcle and th e one which preceded it . Anyone havin g any ~u g gestions t o make is urged to send them a long. · ' '(

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a decided increase in the n umber o:f s tudents pursuin g thi s course, an d at prese nt all the classes in education h ave a large attendance. T o t each in the hi g h schools and colleges of the state a specified number of hours in education must have been tak en. Student s as pirin g to a t eaching career can take advantage of this opportunity to secure tbe number of educational hours along D epartment Has Made Remarkable with their other subjects so that th ey A d vances. will not h ave to take these cou rses else· Since the first course in ed u cation w h ere after graduation.

teachin g foreign Iaguages will be stu died in the modern lan g uage course. T he languages to be presented are French, S pa nish, Italian and Greek . Definite information in regards to the English and hi story teaching departments has not bee n secured but judgi n g from the meri ts of the in structors in charge there is little doubt but that th ey will prove interesting as well as Instructive.


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